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and after the step
the fire place
i'm using wooden chop sticks for the deck beams here... mixed medium paper bricks and paper morter |
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i always had a thing for bricks
they give such a nice effect
i cut, then paint then glue on a little white strip for "mortar" |
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Really? Individual bricks? You are insane, my friend.
Most impressive. --jeff |
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thanks jeff
i've never been able to get that wonder brick feel any other way
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advances
in brick work
i decided that brick by brick was looking to irregular, the original masons would have been ashamed so i tried a new tack a whole row of bricks at once with little notches cut to separate them still with a spacer card between layers then a coat of white the dry brushed red it solves the regularity problem and looks more "brick like" |
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Perhaps some historical background to the Statenjacht.
The Dutch word 'jacht' was first used in the early 17th century to describe a small, fast luxury sailing vessel. Only very rich merchants could afford one, of course. The word was adopted into English, spelled 'yacht'. Now for the Staten. In 1588, the seven northern provinces of the low countries united to make up a Republic. These provinces were all originally counties and dukedoms, but had long since been governed by councils of powerful merchants and bankers. These councils were called 'states'. Representatives made up the 'General States' of the republic, which met in Amsterdam. Very soon two of them (Utrecht and Friesland) had their own 'Statenjacht' to convey their representatives to Amsterdam. The original Utrecht dates from 1746; a replica based on the original drawings was launched in 2003. Go to Google images for lots of pictures. |
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thanks for the history
it always makes models much more interesting
three blocks of bricks dry brushed with red then glued into place then we do the other side the mantle is in three pieces to try to capture its molded shape |
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finally we can light a fire
in our fireplace
the next step is the hood which required some wild guessing and a few little patches i'll leave the chimney till i put the deck on |
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moving on
to the next section
i had to cut a new template for marking the position of the deck beams this one is wider than the ones in the bow... so i had to use a heavier card for the laminations cut it to fit and checked that it will continue the line of the deck and then checked again with the template to make sure i understand where to position it it has 2 cut outs for beams that frame the next hatch |
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decisions
decisions, i study the plans and scratch my head
first i cut the beam from the plan then i laminate it and cut it to size try the fit against the beam in front of it glue it in, making sure that it matches the slope of the deck |
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